Chimney.



N. B. DIETBRIGH.

OHIMNEY.

APPLIOATION FILED JABHYZZ, 190B.

Patented Apr. 27, 1909.

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NEIL B. DIETERICH, OF ST. JOSEPH, MISSOURI.

CHIMNE Y.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented April 27', 1909.

Application filed January 22, 1909. Serial No. 473,708.

To all whom it may concern: Y

Be it known that I, Nsu. B. Dm'rninoifi,

citizen of the United States, residing at St. l Joseph, in the county ol' Buchanan and State 3 of Missouri, have invented new and useful Improvements 1n Chimneys, ol' which the l'ollowing is a specification.

My invention relates` to chimneys such as j are designed more particularly lor use in,

connection with gas lights, and are made up of separable sections or panels and means detachably holding the saine together; and it a horizontal section taken through the sections or panels of the chimney and looking l downwardly on the base thereof. Fig. b is a detail vertical section taken in the plane indicated by the line 3-*3 of Fig. 1, and showing the arranoement ol' one glass section or panel in its holder on the chimney base. Fig. 4 is a plan view of the chimney, and Fig. 5 is a detail vertical section taken in the plane indicated by the line 5-5 of Fig. el, and showing the manner in which one ol' the top corner holders straddle adjacent panes or sections of glass.

Similar letters designate corresponding parts in all. of the views oll the drawings, referringto which:

A is the base of my novel chimney.

B B are the upright sections or panels of.

the chimney which are preferably of glass r and may, when desirable, be colored, and

C C are the top corner holders for connecting the upper ends of adjacent panels B and holding the same in proper relation.

ally displacedv incidental to the use ol' the chimney.

As best shown in Figs. 1 and 2, the panels I5 are arranged to form a chimney ol' rectanguiar form in cross-section 3 the vertical edges ofthe ,panels being arranged and held in close proximity so as to ollciently shield the light against drafts oll air. I would have it understood, however, in this connection, that when deemed desirable the meeting edges of the lower portions ol' the panels may be notched, as indicated by c, this in order to admit air into the lower portion of the chimney when the same is necessary to support combustion.

The top corner holders C are formed, by preference, of metal, and are each of right angle configuration. It will also be noted that each ol' the holders (l is provided with arms d which are shaped to straddle and snugly receive the upper ends ol' adjoining panels B.

In the practical use of my improvements it will be manifest that when the panels B are seated in their respective holders on thel hase A, and the top corner holders C are positioned on the upper ends of the panels, after the manner shown in Figs. l and 4, the several panels will be rigidly held together and in consequence will form an efficient chimney. It will also be manifest that when any two of the top corner holders C are lifted off the panels, one of the panels may be eX- peditiously and easily removed and replaced with a new panel and then the corner hohlcrs mentioned may be re laced without in any way affecting the ot ier panels. This will be appreciated as an important advantage when it is borne in mind that a crack in one of the panels will entail the loss of that panel alone.

It will further be understood from the foregoing that both the base and the several top The base A is preferably rectangular in ceptible ot being fashioned in an ornamental outline, and is provided adjacent its four sides with upwardly reaching holders designed to seat the panels B after the manner best shown in Figs. 2 and 3. Each of the said holders is made up of an outer member a and one i or more inner members l), and in the preferred embodiment of my invention the said members are possessed of resiliency, so that while a panel B may be readily interposed between the same and as readily removed when necessity demands, there is no liability of the panel being shaken or otherwise casucorner holders of my novel chimney are susmanner of metal, and that therefore the said base and to i corner holders are calculated to enhance ratlier than detract from the finished. appearance of the chimney.

Another advantage following from my improvements resides in the fact that the chininey maybe packed and shipped in a knockeddown state, this with a view of saving in space and lessening the liability of the panels being cracked or broken.

The construction herein illustrated and described constitutes the best practical em-' bodiment of my invention of whichV I am aware, but I would have it understood that in the future practiceof the :invention such changes in the form, construction and relative arrangement of the parts may be made as fairly fall within the spirit of my claimed invention.

Having described my invention, what I claim and desire to secure by Letters-Patent, is:

A chimney for gas and other lights, comprising a base having holding means, separable panels forming in cross-section a rectangle and removably arranged in the said holding means of the base and having their uprightedges arranged in close proximity, and separable, top-corner-holders7 of inverted channel-form in cross-section, and of right angle configuration, each removably arranged on and straddling the up er ends of two adjacent panels and detach( b y connecting said ends together.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set` my hand in presence of two subscribing witnesses.

NEIL B. DIETERICH. Titnesses z GUsTAvE A. VOLLMER, ROBERT E. BROWN. 

